Central PD 4.24.12

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Agenda: 4.24.12

Session Link: http://tinyurl.com/inspirepd424
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ENHANCE YOUR TEACHING USING ADVANCED ACTIVTINSPIRE TECHNIQUES

– Brandon Lutz (SDP Office of Educational Technology): Are you and your students tired of doing the same old activities on your Promethean board? Learn new ways to use ActivInspire to engage your students, use advanced features, liven up and enhance the way you use your interactive white board! Room 229

Contact Information:

Brandon Lutz - belutz@philasd.org

Download Presentation Flipchart
Central PD 4.24.12.flipchart


Introductions & Plan for the session: 5 Minutes

Review of Important Concepts: 5 Minutes

Update, Update, Update
Activtutorials -http://activtutorials.wikispaces.com
Promethean Planet - http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/

Quick Tricks

The Pen
Using colors and fonts to enhance your flipcharts
PDF to Inspire -
Import PDF into Inspire.flipchart

Insert Media Easily (Movies & Pictures)
  • Insert ---> Media ---> Select file
How to make an object hidden
Embed links & HTML into your Flipchart Video
  • Insert ---> Link ---> Link or HTML Editor
Equations Editor Video
  • Insert ---> Equation

What would you like to learn?

Horizontal Tab Restrictors
Magic Box
Examples of Magc Hat.flipchart

Object Labels
Sticky Note Container

Questions

Teacher can ask questions of the instructor and the group

Group Sharing (If there is time)

Share something your proud of when you use your Promethean board

Voting Resources:

http://mentimeter.com/
http://www.polleverywhere.com/
http://wallwisher.com/

Other Resources

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/promethean-planet-activtips/id260527899
http://sites.fcps.org/trt/promethean_activinspire
http://qzabteachers.wikispaces.com/Promethean


Ideas for Training
1. Making cooler flipcharts
2. Making more interactive flipcharts
3. Dual pen use
4. Using the eraser
5. Help with using the pen